Awilco to scrap idle WilHunter oil rig after six years in Cromarty Firth

  • Date: 16-Nov-2021
  • Source: Energy Voice
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:Gulf
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Awilco to scrap idle WilHunter oil rig after six years in Cromarty Firth

Awilco Drilling has announced it will scrap the WilHunter oil rig after lying idle for nearly six years in the Cromarty Firth.

The oil rig, which was built in 1983, has been out of work since the third quarter of 2015 and has lain dormant at Invergordon ever since.

In its third quarter accounts released today, Awilco Drilling said a decision to recycle the nearly 40-year-old vessel has been made and that options are being pursued.